OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Pendant Medallion with Michael Slaying the Dragon” — 64 records examined, 16 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-07 13:00 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Pendant Medallion with Michael Slaying the Dragon

Pendant Medallion with Michael Slaying the Dragon

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1470–80

Public domainThe Met
Icon, by Ethiopian Orthodox

Icon

Ethiopian Orthodox · Late18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Head of a Crozier with Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon

Head of a Crozier with Saint Michael Slaying the Dragon

Artist not stated in the record · 1220–30

Public domainThe Met
Twelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Twelve Circular Medallions with Representations of the Deeds of Hercules

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · 1758–1823

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Medallion with Saint George Slaying The Dragon

Medallion with Saint George Slaying The Dragon

Artist not stated in the record · late 15th century

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Niche with Religious Attributes, by Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742

Designs for a Niche with Religious Attributes

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742 · 1749-1761

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Badge of the Order of Saint Michael

Badge of the Order of Saint Michael

Artist not stated in the record · 17th century, with modern chains and links

Public domainThe Met
Ornament Design with Hercules, by François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693

Ornament Design with Hercules

François de Poilly, French, 1622 - 1693 · 1669–93

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Saints Michael and Francis, by Juan de Flandes

Saints Michael and Francis

Juan de Flandes · ca. 1505–9

Public domainThe Met
Tea Urn in the Shape of Atlas Supporting the World, by Thomas Heming, English, 1723 – 1801

Tea Urn in the Shape of Atlas Supporting the World

Thomas Heming, English, 1723 – 1801 · 1777

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crucifix with Saint Anthony of Padua, by Kongo artist

Crucifix with Saint Anthony of Padua

Kongo artist · 16th–18th century (pendant figure); 19th century (cross)

Public domainThe Met
Fork with Figural Carved Wood Handle

Fork with Figural Carved Wood Handle

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, by The Limbourg Brothers

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry

The Limbourg Brothers · 1405–1408/1409

Public domainThe Met
Daoist priest's robe

Daoist priest's robe

Artist not stated in the record · 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Aquamanile in the Form of a Crowned Centaur Fighting a Dragon

Aquamanile in the Form of a Crowned Centaur Fighting a Dragon

Artist not stated in the record · 1200–1225

Public domainThe Met
Icon, by Ethiopian Orthodox

Icon

Ethiopian Orthodox · Late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Triptych with the Passion of Christ

Triptych with the Passion of Christ

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1475–85

Public domainThe Met
Icon, by Ethiopian Orthodox

Icon

Ethiopian Orthodox · Mid-late 17th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Pendants and beads

Pendants and beads

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 18th–17th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Design for a Pendant, by George E Germer, 1868 – 1936

Design for a Pendant

George E Germer, 1868 – 1936 · 1910–20

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Oedipus and the Sphinx, by Gustave Moreau

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Gustave Moreau · 1864

Public domainThe Met
Frieze, by Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900

Frieze

Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900 · 1905–1915

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Double Diptych Icon Pendant

Double Diptych Icon Pendant

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

Public domainThe Met
Escutcheon

Escutcheon

Artist not stated in the record · 16th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 50 matched · 24 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 1370458 matched · 40 examined · 16 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-07 13:00 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.